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Nhat Hanh Quotes - Page 10

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Root out the violence in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully. Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others is possible.

Root out the violence in your life, and learn to live compassionately and mindfully. Seek peace. When you have peace within, real peace with others is possible.

Real, Roots, Violence

The most important thing is that we need to be understood. We need someone to be able to listen to us and to understand us. Then we will suffer less.

Empathy, Listening, Suffering

Without being peace, we cannot do anything for peace. If we cannot smile, we cannot help other people to smile. If we are not peaceful, then we cannot contribute to the peace movement.

Helping Others, People, Peaceful

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Being Peace”, p.95, ReadHowYouWant.com

Happiness is not an individual matter. When you are able to bring relief, or bring back the smile to one person, not only that person profits, but you also profit.

Relief, Matter, Able

Our own life has to be our message.

Inspiring, Peace, Truth

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “The World We Have: A Buddhist Approach to Peace and Ecology: Easyread Super Large 18pt Edition”, p.1, ReadHowYouWant.com

Walk and touch peace every moment. Walk and touch happiness every moment. Each step brings a fresh breeze. Each step makes a flower bloom. Kiss the Earth with your feet. Bring the Earth your love and happiness. The Earth will be safe when we feel safe in ourselves.

Love, Peace, Flower

Thich Nhat Hanh (2011). “The Long Road Turns to Joy: A Guide to Walking Meditation”, p.87, Parallax Press

We may think of peace as the absence of war, that if the great powers would reduce their weapons arsenals, we could have peace. But if we look deeply into the weapons, we will see our own minds - our own prejudices, fears, and ignorance.

Karma, War, Ignorance

Thich Nhat Hanh (1993). “Love in Action: Writings on Nonviolent Social Change”, p.75, Parallax Press

Our mind is the foundation of all our actions, whether they are actions of body, speech, or mind, i.e., thinking. Whatever we think, say, or do arises from our mind. What our consciousness consumes becomes the substance of our life, so we have to be very careful which nutriments we ingest.

Motivational, Thinking, Mind

We need to be aware of the suffering, but retain our clarity, calmness and strength so we can help transform the situation.

Suffering, Needs, Helping

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Teachings on Love: Easyread Edition”, p.7, ReadHowYouWant.com

In true love, you attain freedom.

Love You, Personal Growth

Thich Nhat Hanh, Sherab Chodzin Kohn (2011). “True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart”, p.4, Shambhala Publications

Birth is okay and death is okay, if we know that they are only concepts in our mind. Reality transcends both birth and death.

Reality, Mind, Birth

If we believe that tomorrow will be better, we can bear a hardship today

Uplifting, Hope, Believe

When you suffer, you can look deeply at your situation and find the many blessings that are already surrounding you. It is wonderful to sit with a pen and paper and write down all the conditions for happiness that are already there, already available to you right in this moment.

Motivational, Writing, Blessing

Thich Nhat Hanh, Lilian Cheung (2010). “Savor: Mindful Eating, Mindful Life”, p.31, Harper Collins

Those who are without compassion cannot see what is seen with the eyes of compassion.

Eye, Compassion

Thich Nhat Hanh (2016). “The Miracle of Mindfulness, Gift Edition”, p.105, Beacon Press

Every path, every street in the world is your walking meditation path.

Yoga, Walking Meditation, World

Training is needed in order to love properly; and to be able to give happiness and joy, you must practice DEEP LOOKING directed toward the other person you love. Because if you do not understand this person, you cannot love properly. Understanding is the essence of love. If you cannot understand, you cannot love. That is the message of the Buddha.

Buddhist, Love Is, Order

Thich Nhat Hanh, Sherab Chodzin Kohn (2011). “True Love: A Practice for Awakening the Heart”, p.2, Shambhala Publications

There are some people who eat an orange but don't really eat it. They eat their sorrow, fear, anger, past, and future.

Fear, Anger, Future

Thich Nhat Hanh (2013). “The Path of Emancipation: Talks from a 21-day Mindfulness Retreat”, p.8, Parallax Press

Anger is like a flame blazing up and consuming our self-control, making us think, say, and do things that we will probably regret later.

Regret, Anger, Thinking

Thich Nhat Hanh (2008). “Transformation and Healing”, p.60, ReadHowYouWant.com

A look filled with understanding, an accepting smile, a loving word, a meal shared in warmth and awareness are the things which create happiness in the present moment. By nourishing awareness in the present moment, you can avoid causing suffering to yourself and those around you. The way you look at others, your smile, and your small acts of caring can create happiness. True happiness does not depend on wealth or fame.

Caring, Small Acts, Understanding

Thich Nhat Hanh (2010). “Old Path White Clouds: Walking in the Footsteps of the Buddha”, p.299, ReadHowYouWant.com

In Buddhism, we speak of touching Nirvana with our own body, In Christianity, you can also touch the Kingdom of God with your body, right here and now. it is much safer than placing our hope in the future. If we cling to the idea of hope in the future, we might not notice the peace and joy that are available in the present moment. The best way to take care of the future is to take care of the present moment.

Life, Buddhism, Ideas

Thich Nhat Hanh (2007). “Living Buddha, Living Christ 20th Anniversary Edition”, p.179, Penguin

When you call me European, I say yes. When you call me Arab, I say yes. When you call me black, I say yes. When you call me white, I say yes. Because I am in you and you are in me. We have to inter-be with everything in the cosmos.

White, Black, Cosmos

Interview with Oprah Winfrey, www.oprah.com.

Every day we touch what is wrong, and, as a result, we are becoming less and less healthy. That is why we have to learn to practice touching what is not wrong—inside us and around us. When we get in touch with our eyes, our heart, our liver, our breathing, and our non-toothache and really enjoy them, we see that the conditions for peace and happiness are already present.

Heart, Health, Eye

Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Touching Peace: Practicing the Art of Mindful Living”, p.7, Parallax Press

Happiness does not come from consumption of things.

Doe, Consumption

Thich Nhat Hanh (2003). “Creating True Peace: Ending Violence in Yourself, Your Family, Your Community, and the World”, p.171, Simon and Schuster

If you have a friend who suffers, you have to help him.«My dear friend, you are on safe ground. Everything is okay now. Why do you continue to suffer? Don't go back to the past. It's only a ghost; it's unreal». And whenever we recognize that these are only movies and pictures, not reality, we are free. That is the practice of mindfulness.

Movie, Friends, Past

If we face our unpleasant feelings with care, affection, and nonviolence, we can transform them into a kind of energy that is healthy and has the capacity to nourish us. By the work of mindful observation, our unpleasant feelings can illuminate so much for us, offering us insight and understanding into ourselves and society.

Offering, Understanding, Healthy

Thich Nhat Hanh (2005). “Wisdom from Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life”, p.41, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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